都市封鎖法制化、３候補前向き　自民総裁選

　自民党総裁選に立候補した河野太郎規制改革担当相、岸田文雄前政調会長、高市早苗前総務相は１７日夜のテレビ朝日の番組で、新型コロナウイルス対策の一環として、ロックダウン（都市封鎖）を可能にする法整備に前向きな考えを明らかにした。野田聖子幹事長代行は慎重な姿勢を示した。
　河野氏は「将来どういう感染症が入ってくるか分からない。法整備が必要だ」と指摘。高市氏も「一刻も早く法整備しなければ手の打ちようがなくなる」と述べた。岸田氏は「ワクチン証明や陰性証明を組み合わせた日本型ロックダウンをしっかり考えなければいけない」と語った。
　これに対し、野田氏は「もっと科学的にやるべきことはある」と強調した。（2021/09/17-23:05）

Three of the four candidates for president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party showed positive attitudes on Friday toward establishing a law to enable lockdowns in Japan to help contain the novel coronavirus crisis.
   "We don't know what kind of infectious disease will be brought into (Japan). We need to develop a legislative framework," Taro Kono, administrative reform minister, said.
   Former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi said, "If we don't create such a law as soon as possible, we'll find ourselves unable to do anything."
   Fumio Kishida, former chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council, said, "We need to give serious consideration to a Japanese-style lockdown system that incorporates vaccination certificates and proof of coronavirus-negative test results."
   The LDP lawmakers made the remarks on a television program after registering their candidacies earlier in the day for the Sept. 29 party leadership election, held to pick the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.